All Discussions Tagged 'Self' - The Rodinhoods2015-03-04T00:05:32Zhttp://therodinhoods.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Self&feed=yes&xn_auth=noBootUpINDIA is for you. So, spread the word. Get your friends to apply by 15th Septembertag:therodinhoods.com,2014-08-28:6328457:Topic:2373362014-08-28T10:22:05.567ZAhimanikya Satapathyhttp://therodinhoods.com/profile/AhimanikyaSatapathy
<p dir="ltr"><span>Dear Fellow Entrepreneurs,</span></p>
<p class="p1">I would like to welcome you to BootUpINDIA as one of the volunteers of this program.</p>
<p class="p2">You've founded your company, and some of you successfully bootstrapped and growing steadily. You haven't looked for funding or don't intend to, in the near future. But you're as ambitious as any other software product. We can help fuel your ambitions.</p>
<p class="p1">iSPIRT is at the forefront of championing the software…</p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Dear Fellow Entrepreneurs,</span></p>
<p class="p1">I would like to welcome you to BootUpINDIA as one of the volunteers of this program.</p>
<p class="p2">You've founded your company, and some of you successfully bootstrapped and growing steadily. You haven't looked for funding or don't intend to, in the near future. But you're as ambitious as any other software product. We can help fuel your ambitions.</p>
<p class="p1">iSPIRT is at the forefront of championing the software product industry in India. Several successful community initiatives like <span class="s1">Round Tables</span>, <span class="s1">PNCamp</span>, <span class="s1">InTech50</span> and advocated change through <span class="s1">dialogue with Government</span> and Industry <span class="s1">whitepapers</span>. iSPIRT is itself championed by <span class="s1">selfless individuals</span> all of whom have contributed in several different ways.</p>
<p class="p1">Bootstrapped Indian startups need to be recognized, celebrated and have the potential for becoming world leaders. Just like Tally, Zoho, Wingify and Fusioncharts (yes, they are all bootstrapped). Hence our newest initiative - <b>BootUpINDIA</b>.</p>
<p class="p1">You're invited to join the BootUpINDIA inner circle. This select group will be created through self nomination and validated by a jury of eminently successful product champions. Finalists will be announced to the National media and welcomed to the year long mentorship programme of BootUpINDIA. The mentorship format itself is unique. But more on that later!</p>
<p class="p1">I would like to cover few of the commonly asked question to make you familiar with this program.</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>How it came about?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>BootUpINDIA is result of a an intense discussion that took place in early February. At that time, we, at iSPIRT, took a position that bootstrapped startups form a distinct and important category within the Indian software product industry. Bootstrapping is a different pathway to growth that needs to be nurtured. These entrepreneurs need to be celebrated, encouraged, treated as success stories, and not as second-class citizens because they haven't raised funding. Yet the reality is that media and incubators in India tend to overplay the Venture funding pathway. As a result bootstrapped companies end up being disadvantaged.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Which pathway is right?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>VC funding requires the “Go Big or Go Home” approach. This works well in some situations, for example when there is shared belief between the entrepreneur and VC about the big addressable market. Bootstrapping, in contrast, requires no consensus on the predicted future. You can embrace it even when there are (seemingly) no big markets to chase. Our iSPIRT position is that both approaches have their place. We must respect and promote both pathways to turn India into a Product Nation.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Who wins when they collide?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>The other myth is that when the two approaches collide, the VC funded company always wins. There is a catalog of examples to show that this is untrue. Zoho is not an aberration. Another recent example is RightNow (bootstrapped) which beat out Zaplet (KPCB darling). And there are any others. This</span> <a href="http://www.effectuation.org/paper/prediction-and-control-under-uncertainty-outcomes-angel-investing" target="_blank">peer-reviewed paper</a> <span>provides evidence that both pathways do equally well.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>BootUPINDIA is Awards++ and is version 2 of what we started with</strong>.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>BootUpINDIA has been designed to redress the ecosystem bias against bootstrapping. Initially, as some of you might remember, it had been conceived as a Bootstrap Awards program. There was pushback to this idea in the Fellows meetings. Many pointed out that iSPIRT credo requires us to be “</span><a href="http://www.ispirt.in/who-we-are/Our-Credo#beliefs2" target="_blank">enablers, not cheerleaders</a><span>”. This led us to the redesign of the initiative to its current form.</span> <span>BootUpINDIA is now Awards++</span><span>. Its a one-year booster to the selected software product startups. You can see the details on the</span><a href="http://bootupindia.net/" target="_blank">BootUpINDIA site</a><span>.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Phased rollout.</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>We are starting with only one category right now. In this first phase we are only asking for applications from those bootstrapped companies that cater to Indian SMBs. We picked this category as raising VC capital is hardest here. Over time, we’ll add more categories.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span><a href="http://bootupindia.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://pn.ispirt.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/BootUPIndia-home1.png?width=600" width="600" class="align-center"/></a></span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>What makes BootUpINDIA special and credible?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>BootUpINDIA is powered by the most credible names in the bootstrapped world: Sridhar Vembu (Zoho), Pallav Nadhani (FusionCharts), Bhanu Chopra (RateGain), Paras Chopra (Wingify), Girish Rowjee (Greytip), Saras Sarasvathy (Entrepreneurship Professor at Darden) and Sramana Mitra (avid blogger and evangelist). Its wonderful to see them become ecosystem builders for this noble cause.</span></p>
<p class="p1">Learn more about the initiative at <a href="http://bootupindia.ispirt.in/" target="_blank">BootUpINDIA site</a>. Do review the <a href="http://bootupindia.ispirt.in/FAQ.html" target="_blank">FAQs</a> as well. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me or other <a href="http://bootupindia.ispirt.in/#volunteers" target="_blank">BootUpINDIA volunteers</a> driving this.</p>
<p class="p1">It’ll be good if you can share this with your software product community on social media.</p>
<div class="paragraphTxt col-md-12"><h2 class="centerTxt orangeTxt boldTxt"><b style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="font-size-5">Some important info and quick links to get you started:</span><br/></b></h2>
<p>Last date for self-nomination: <strong><span class="font-size-5">Sept 15, 2014</span></strong>. Nominations are open - <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13Frmd2NJ41R5UqibXFhJHDF7Wy2XYiU1ywWgxNCFCM0/viewform" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br/> BootUpINDIA programme launch: Oct 2, 2014, Bengaluru.<br/> Have questions? <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1hQrjjg44B5Ih0Tq-f3LU04XFkfW5yzdLThWCE3tsw8Y/viewform" target="_blank">Click here</a> to talk to us.</p>
<p>Regards,<br/> Ahi Satapathy</p>
</div> Ankit Oberoi - 'Feel the Success'tag:therodinhoods.com,2011-03-20:6328457:Topic:126262011-03-20T05:57:08.650ZAlok Rodinhood Kejriwalhttp://therodinhoods.com/profile/alokrodinhoodkejriwal
<p>Therodinhood.com interviews are gaining steam!</p>
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<p>﻿Ankit Oberoi has an interesting story to tell:</p>
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<p><strong>Ankit Oberoi,</strong></p>
<p><strong>Co-founder, Innobuzz</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ankit@innobuzz.in</strong></p>
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<p><b><a href="http://api.ning.com:80/files/-faTMqzUYRF4WsiM7-qcwik1bDtcseIJ5SXmKmMtpQMmvlKU3TWDWE9u-hwphkUojUQ8ioTvoNjpz3xtkIpAL9c2-VtV8PMK/AnkitOberoi.jpg" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/-faTMqzUYRF4WsiM7-qcwik1bDtcseIJ5SXmKmMtpQMmvlKU3TWDWE9u-hwphkUojUQ8ioTvoNjpz3xtkIpAL9c2-VtV8PMK/AnkitOberoi.jpg" width="188"></img></a> 1. What exactly do you do? Simple…</b></p>
<p>Therodinhood.com interviews are gaining steam!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>﻿Ankit Oberoi has an interesting story to tell:</p>
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<p><strong>Ankit Oberoi,</strong></p>
<p><strong>Co-founder, Innobuzz</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ankit@innobuzz.in</strong></p>
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<p><b><a href="http://api.ning.com:80/files/-faTMqzUYRF4WsiM7-qcwik1bDtcseIJ5SXmKmMtpQMmvlKU3TWDWE9u-hwphkUojUQ8ioTvoNjpz3xtkIpAL9c2-VtV8PMK/AnkitOberoi.jpg" target="_self"><img width="188" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/-faTMqzUYRF4WsiM7-qcwik1bDtcseIJ5SXmKmMtpQMmvlKU3TWDWE9u-hwphkUojUQ8ioTvoNjpz3xtkIpAL9c2-VtV8PMK/AnkitOberoi.jpg" class="align-left"/></a>1. What exactly do you do? Simple and non complicated.</b></p>
<p>I Manage an Education Group which I co-founded 3 years ago with Focus on Information Security Training. Primarily, I take care of Growth and Business Development.</p>
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<p><b>2. Why do you do what you do? Is it to make money, to become famous, to retire, to kill boredom, WHAT?</b></p>
<p>Strangely, the answer to the question is not easy for me. My First venture was at the age of 14, at that time, it was mostly for money. As things grew and I became familiar with the Local Entrepreneur Ecosystem here, I quickly identified some Role Models and then an additional goal was to become something like them. However, at this point, although it sounds like a cliché, but I do what I do, because I Like to do it.</p>
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<p><b>3. Is there anything unique in what you do? And here ‘unique' can mean anything - doing what’s been done for donkeys years and yet in a more cost efficient manner, or something new in a boring business or line or simply inventing something completely new?</b></p>
<p>When we came into the Industry, it was a haphazard. Unprofessional organizations charging ridiculous amount of money for nothing. In the Last 3 years, we have emerged as the Market Leaders in our Domain by using Techniques and forming processes which are unique for the Industry. Practices range from the Internet Marketing Techniques developed by us to the Level of Automation we brought in our Sales and Customer Engagement Process. We recently became the First Indian Information Security Training Company to launch offices abroad and get International Acclaim.</p>
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<p><b>4. What happens if this fails?</b></p>
<p>To be Honest, when I work, I don’t keep a backup or Plan B. My Philosophy is that if you are very much dependent on something, the pressure on you will make it work.</p>
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<p><b>5. What's gets you most irritated? And what makes you most happy?</b></p>
<p>When Things don’t happen as per a defined Process or System, and mostly people are to be blamed, it is quite irritating. Humans have great capabilities; however, we shall not forget that some of them are still dumb and unreliable.</p>
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<p>Like a normal human being, I like growth and learning new stuff. Personally, I love Cars, weekend getaways, watching movies and latest gadgets. I am a man of Self Discipline and follow a Strict Work Schedule with a To-do List. I love the feeling which you get when you striking off work on a To-do List!</p>
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<p><b>6. What makes you tick? Why the hell are you doing this?</b></p>
<p>As answered above, I love what I do. Everyday when I visualize my goals they give me the push needed to go ahead. I also read a lot of Inspirational books; see a lot of Movies, to keep myself motivated. Another great “Tick” is when I see our customers praising or our competitors badmouthing us. Both prove that we are doing well :)</p>
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<p><b>7. Famous last words - if you knew you are going to be hit by a truck tomorrow, what would you like to tell the world (other than crossing the road safely)?</b></p>
<p> “Feel the success, before you see it”</p>
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<p><i>I solemnly put my hand on my Religious book/favorite novel and swear that what I have said above (including my photos) is the truth. So help me, Rodinhood - </i><b>Yes</b><i> </i></p>
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<p>You can be here next! Just <a target="_blank" href="http://therodinhoods.com/forum/topics/the-self-help-interview-start">visit this link</a> and help yourself...</p>
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<p> </p> The Self Help Interview - Start Pointtag:therodinhoods.com,2011-03-19:6328457:Topic:127192011-03-19T06:55:04.126ZAlok Rodinhood Kejriwalhttp://therodinhoods.com/profile/alokrodinhoodkejriwal
<p><span class="font-size-3">Why should someone approach you to interview you? Since you are busy, and doing so much, its time you helped yourself!</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">If you would like your interview to be featured (based on quality and context) on therodinhoods.com and/or rodinhood.com (nice places for enterprising folks), then simply fill up a simple Interview page and get going!</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Ur Interview will automatically be…</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Why should someone approach you to interview you? Since you are busy, and doing so much, its time you helped yourself!</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">If you would like your interview to be featured (based on quality and context) on therodinhoods.com and/or rodinhood.com (nice places for enterprising folks), then simply fill up a simple Interview page and get going!</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Ur Interview will automatically be published.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Based on the quality of your Interview, the Editor could then FEATURE you aggressively. Also, the Editor may change the headline of your interview. So be sure to really put up something of value and interest!</span> </p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">It would be a good Idea to read <a target="_self" href="http://therodinhoods.com/forum/categories/interviews-1/listForCategory">some of the Interviews</a> on therodinhoods.com so that you can get a sense of how and what people have spoken about themselves.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">READY?</span> </p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Step 1 - COPY all these Questions Below and then paste in a NEW page (ADD+ a discussion).</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Then answer the questions.</strong></span> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">*****</span> </p>
<div><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Your Name and nice Photograph of yourself/your Business/ etc</strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Your E-mail id</strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Your Social Media links (delete which you don't have)</strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Facebook - </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Twitter</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Linkedin</strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>If you have a Company/Start up, its URL - </strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><b>Your therodinhoods.com page link (compulsory) - </b></span></p>
<p><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>What exactly do you do?</strong></span></p>
<p><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>Why do you do what you do? Is it to make money, to become famous, to run away from something, to retire, to kill boredom ?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong> </strong></span><br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>Is there anything unique in what you do? </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong> </strong></span><br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>What happens if this fails?</strong></span><br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>Any one or two incidents that make you shiver or feel proud of your journey so far?</strong></span><br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>State one really bad habit and one good habit (if you actually have one)</strong></span></p>
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<p><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>Famous last words to the readers?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong> </strong></span><br/> <br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>Finally, say YES below the next para:</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>I solemnly put my hand on my religious book/favorite novel and swear that what I have said above (including my photos) is the truth. So help me, Rodinhood</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>*****</strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">STEP 2 - Please give your Interview a GREAT HEADLINE - something that is Genuine and yet interesting (Tip - see how the existing Interviews have been positioned)</span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;" class="font-size-3"><strong>STEP 3 - SAVE AND VIOLA - U ARE DONE!!</strong></span></p>
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